Life is hard...

[HitRed]

when the venom meant for someone else is directed at you.

[Thorthoth]

Did you just prick yourself with one of your own poisoned arrows?

[riskllama]

when the venom meant for someone else is directed at you.

s'ok, venom wipes right off.

[Dukasaur]

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090518-komodo-dragon-venom.html

Researchers have long thought that the Komodo dragon, native to Indonesia, kills via blood poisoning caused by the multiple strains of bacteria in the dragon's saliva.

But "that whole bacteria stuff has been a scientific fairy tale," said Bryan Fry, a venom researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia.

Fry and colleagues studied the biochemistry of Komodo venom after they had the rare opportunity to examine two dragons from zoos that both had to be put down due to terminal illnesses.

The team found that the dragon's venom rapidly decreases blood pressure, expedites blood loss, and sends a victim into shock, rendering it too weak to fight.

In the venom, some compounds that reduce blood pressure are as potent as those found in the word's most venomous snake, western Australia's inland Taipan.

[Thorthoth]

A typical day in the forums:

[waauw]

[Bernie Sanders]